New IBM Research Center and Data Center In Ontario

Good news if you are looking for working for IBM in Ontario.


Earlier today, IBM, together with the Governments of Canada and Ontario and a consortium of seven universities led by the University of Toronto and Western University, announced a $210 million investment to create the IBM Canada Research and Development Centre. This research initiative will support 145 new, highly skilled jobs in Ontario and contribute to Canada's position as a global innovation leader.

This significant news involves:

• an investment by IBM of up to $175 million to form the IBM Canada Research and Development Centre -- the first time IBM Research will have a home in Canada; 
• a further investment by the Government of Ontario of $15 million towards the creation of the Centre; 
• a contribution of $20 million by the Government of Canada that will allow a consortium of seven Ontario post-secondary institutions to install two high-performance IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputers and develop a cloud computing platform to underpin the initiative’s research collaboration; and
• the announcement of a new IBM data centre in Barrie, Ontario, which we expect to be fully operational in the early fall.